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Fedora 39

The Fedora Linux 39 operating system was quietly and quietly released. Among the innovations is Gnome 45. Among other updates: gcc 13.2, binutils 2.40, glibc 2.38, gdb 13.2, rpm 4.19. From development tools: Python 3.12, Rust 1.73. One of the unpleasant things: QGnomePlatform and Adwaita-qt are not shipped by default due to the stagnation of these projects. Now Qt applications in Gnome look like […]

Microsoft plans to open Copilot AI assistant to a billion Windows 10 users

Since the end of October, Microsoft has begun distributing the Windows 11 23H2 update with the Microsoft Copilot AI assistant on board for all users. According to the Windows Central portal, citing its sources, the same AI assistant may appear as part of the Windows 10 operating system as part of one of the upcoming OS updates. Image source: Windows CentralSource: 3dnews.ru

Microsoft, due to the gluttony of Bing Chat, had to agree to lease NVIDIA AI accelerators from Oracle

It is not known exactly whether the demand for Microsoft AI services is great or whether the company simply does not have enough computing resources, but the IT giant had to negotiate with Oracle about the use of AI accelerators in the latter’s data center. As The Register reports, we are talking about using Oracle equipment to “offload” some of the Microsoft language models used in Bing. The companies announced a multi-year agreement Tuesday. As reported in […]

RISC-V with a twist: Ventana Veyron V192 modular 2-core server processors can be upgraded with accelerators

In 2022, Ventana Micro Systems announced the first truly server RISC-V processors, Veyron V1. The announcement of chips that promise to compete on equal terms with the best x86 processors with x86 architecture sounded loud. However, the Veyron V1 did not gain popularity, but recently the company announced the second generation of Veyron V2 chips, which more fully embodied the principles of modular design and received […]

Clonezilla Live 3.1.1 distribution release

The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 3.1.1 has been presented, designed for fast disk cloning (only used blocks are copied). The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the iso image of the distribution is 417MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and uses code from projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, udpcast. Loading from CD/DVD is possible, [...]

Release of Netflow/IPFIX collector Xenoeye 23.11/XNUMX

The release of Netflow/IPFIX collector Xenoeye 23.11 has been published, which allows you to collect statistics on traffic flows from various network devices, transmitted using the Netflow v5, v9 and IPFIX protocols, as well as process data, generate reports and build graphs. The core of the project is written in C, the code is distributed under the ISC license. The collector aggregates network traffic by selected fields and exports the data […]

The announcement of GTA 6 provided a sharp rise in Take-Two Interactive shares

Shares of Take-Two Interactive rose as much as 9,4% in pre-market trading Wednesday. The reason was that investors, like the whole world, received the first official signal about the launch of the next part of the Grand Theft Auto franchise. Rockstar Games, a division of Take-Two Interactive, confirmed Wednesday that it will begin promoting a new Grand Theft Auto title next month. Company […]

Firmware release for Ubuntu Touch OTA-3 Focal

The UBports project, which took over the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform after Canonical pulled away from it, presented the OTA-3 Focal (over-the-air) firmware. This is the third release of Ubuntu Touch, based on the Ubuntu 20.04 package base (older releases were based on Ubuntu 16.04). The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, which has been renamed Lomiri. […]

Digital rubles can be withdrawn from ATMs

VTB has developed a technology for cashing digital rubles at ATMs: the procedure involves scanning a QR code, launching an online bank, transferring digital rubles into non-cash ones and withdrawing cash. The technology is currently being tested by banks participating in the project, after which it will be put into mass use. Image source: cbr.ruSource: 3dnews.ru